I Had Sex with Girls in My Police Car

I Was Richer When I Was a Corrupt Cop!

Do you feel safe when you see a police car on your street?

Think again.

Here I am listening to the story of Mike Dow, “New York’s dirtiest cop,” and he tells without blinking how the patrol car alarm went off while on duty — not for an emergency — but because “the girl’s butt hit the button” while they were having sex in the back seat.

This man calmly admitted to committing “thousands” of crimes while on duty. Thousands. And during all that time, he justified himself: “If you’re not in the drug business, you’ll have a good cop in me.”

Curious how the human mind works, isn’t it?

How we can compartmentalize behaviors, justify actions, create parallel realities where we are simultaneously heroes and villains.

As a police officer, Mike started earning $18,000 a year.

As a corrupt cop?

$8,000 a week just to protect a Dominican trafficking organization.

“I was making more than the President of the United States,” he boasted. Stop and reflect: what does that say about the incentives in our system?

What fascinates me is how naturally he talks about having sex while on duty. “That was available and I took advantage of it,” he says, as if talking about a hotel buffet. A man with a badge, a gun, and almost unlimited authority — think about…